Carter County

Carter County, Oklahoma

In south-central OK, southeast of Lawton; organized Nov 16, 1907 from Chickasaw lands. Name Origin: For Charles David Carter (1868-1929), U.S. representative from OK (1907-27); or possibly for Benjamin Wisnor Carter, a Cherokee Indian, soldier in the Confederate army, and OK territorial judge

Carter County, Tennessee

On the northeastern border of TN, east of Johnson City; organized as Carteret County Apr 9, 1796 from Washington County; name changed later. Name Origin: For Col. Landon Carter (1760-1800), officer in the Revolutionary and Indian wars; officeholder in NC, the territories, and in TN, whose statehood he advocated

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